Update on Asthma and COPD Management: Optimizing Outcomes and Removing Barriers
May 21, 2020
This activity will help pharmacists and technicians understand and implement the new guidelines that will ensure best treatment options are chosen to produce best outcomes for COPD and asthma.
Target Audience
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy technicians
Learning Objectives
Pharmacist learning objectives
- Assess new GINA/GOLD recommendations for asthma and COPD management
- Evaluate new treatment options for asthma and COPD
- Formulate factors that help aid in the selection of specific treatment options for asthma and COPD
Pharmacy technician learning objectives
- Identify different treatment options for patients with asthma and COPD
- List appropriate counseling points for specific inhalers
- Identify patient factors that may help aid in the selection of specific treatment options
Additional Information
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Live via webinar
United States
Relevant financial relationships: Planning committee members and presenters have nothing to disclose
Planning committee members
Jackie Stokes, BS
Manager, Pharmacy Program Services
Vizient
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Consulting Director, Pharmacy
Vizient
Course reviewer
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Consulting Director, Pharmacy
Vizient
Presenters
Amber Lanae Martirosov
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care
Henry Ford Health Systems
Angela Spencer, PharmD, BCGP, CDE
Clinical Pharmacist, Primary Care
Grady Health Systems

Joint Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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Designation Statements:
PHARMACY
Vizient, Inc. designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 ACPE credit hours.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-20-088-L01-P
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-20-088-L01-T
CEU
Vizient, Inc. will award CEUs to each participant who successfully completes this program. The CEU is a nationally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and training programs that meet certain criteria (1 contact hour = 0.1 CEU).
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 1.00 General CEU – Attendance